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What you mean "the black", in terms of traffic, page views, uniques etc.? The business expenses vary, as well as what you mean by "reasonable living" (depends o
by maurycy 19y ago
What you mean "the black", in terms of traffic, page views, uniques etc.? The business expenses vary, as well as what you mean by "reasonable living" (depends on the state a lot).
- noodle 19y agoyes, everything depends. being "in the black" depends on your business plan, operating costs, cost of living, etc.. the only real indicator of a "past this point, you're successful" is when you start making more money than you're spending on expenses and paying yourself and your other employees/founders as a reasonable salary. and even then, it is not necessarily the case that after you pass that point, you'll be successful forever. things can change.
- maurycy 19y agoBut this is obvious and is not what I'm asking for. What I'm asking for is your experience with traffic. When you launched the site, how many users you had initially, what is the average monthly growth and such stuff.
- sanswork 19y agoI think stating an average grown is a very difficult thing to do but probably slightly above 1%. Thats taking into account the few sites that blow up huge quickly, the other sites that gradually grow and the vast vast majority that never grow.
- noodle 19y agoand what i'm saying is how much traffic and growth matters is almost totally dependent upon your own business model. my latest startup only gets about 100 unique visitors a month. its an expensive, private, pay-for-use application directed towards a very niche market. i'm doing well. will your business be doing well at 100 uniques? probably not. i've had almost consistent 0% monthly growth. thats partly because we're still in beta and am not advertising it at all, but i'm still "successful" already. success is defined by your business plan and how you monetize, not by traffic alone.